When do you think the Switch Successor will release?

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FormerlyTeamSilent13 said:

Thinking up funny or horrific world scenarios that would lead to "2027 or beyond" release date. Boy that would be a painful wait. :)

It would take warfare escalating or another huge pandemic (obviously both horrific) to do that.

I posed the question in another thread if Switch took as long as Game Boy to get replaced. But as I and others have acknowledged Game Boy was a unique case because

-Nintendo had home consoles and handhelds, not just a hybrid like right now. They even had a weird platform like Virtual Boy that flopped hard but probably would've been a third pillar if it somehow succeeded. 

-Switch sales are better to date than Game Boy and Game Boy Color combined. A soft saturation point (which I think Switch is approaching) means hardware sales are clearly past their peak and can't be coasted on forever. 

-Pokemon was a world-shattering IP launched on Game Boy in 1996 in Japan and the rest of the world in 1998. What in 2024 or beyond could possibly come out of the woodwork on Switch to compete with that? 

While a new platform is always risky (especially with Switch being the most profitable platform to date), it's also risky to leave money on the table that could come with a new platform.